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Re:The environmental impact of technology devices is getting... by Vinnl on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @06:13AM (#17028688)
If you think that's a shame, do check out Fairphone [0]. It's not completely modular, but it's trivial to replace the battery, screen and camera's without tools. See also their spare parts shop [1], all of which you can replace by yourself.

[0] https://www.fairphone.com [1] https://shop.fairphone.com/en/spare-parts/?ref=header

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Re:The environmental impact of technology devices is getting... by pizza234 on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @07:22AM (#17028971)
The Fairphone is a great idea, however, the software support plan, which is crucial for a long-term device, is vague [⁰].

I wonder if there is a realistic plan for such devices; I'm not sure a subscription plan would work - would non-technically minded people pay?

[⁰] https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/205504175-Wh...

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Re:The environmental impact of technology devices is getting... by Vinnl on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @04:54PM (#17033985)
Coincidentally they just made some announcements on that [0].

> Right now, we’re hard at work to get Android 7.1 “Nougat” into the hands of existing and new Fairphone 2 users this summer.

Unfortunately:

> Now, you may be wondering, “why not Android 8, ‘Oreo’?”. Android 8 and 9 are entirely new levels of complexity from Android 7, far more different than 7 was to 6. Therefore, attempting the upgrade to 7 was the best option.

[0] https://www.fairphone.com/en/2018/05/08/keeping-your-phone-l...

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